Garden City, N.Y. - Timothy Aiello scored off of a Tommy Susko assist with 6:09 on the clock to secure an, 8-7 Adelphi victory over third seeded St. Michael's College in the semifinals of the Northeast-10 Tournament on Motamed Field, Friday, May 6. With the win the second seeded Panthers improve to 14-2 overall and advance to the Northeast-10 Final, while St. Michael's ends their season at 10-6.

Joe Vitale led the offense, posting four points on one goal and three assists, while Susko (1G, 1A), Shane Wynn (1G, 1A) and Danny Blau (2G) all had two points. Defensively, Jeff Melsopp led the Panthers with eight ground balls, while Wynn had seven and Jesse Colamussi had five ground balls and won four of his six face-off attempts.

Eric Janssen picked up his 14th win of the season, playing all 60 minutes in net and making 14 saves, including five in the fourth quarter and six in the second quarter.

Adelphi struck first, scoring just one minute into the contest as Blau beat Purple Knight goalkeeper Chris Demario off of a Vitale assist. St. Michael's answered back three and a half minutes later, but Adelphi would take a 3-1 lead into the second frame courtesy of Blau and Kieran Riegel.

The second quarter was dominated by the goalies, as the teams posted a combined two goals and sent the game into halftime at 4-2, thanks to a Doug Quednau goal with 1:38 on the clock.

The Purple Knights netted two goals in the first six minutes of the third period, knotting the game at four all. Adelphi and St. Michael's would exchange goals one more time when Wynn broke a 5-5 tie with just 45 ticks left in the third off of another Vitale assist.

Adelphi opened the scoring in the final stanza just 1:36 into the action when Wynn found Susko, who found the back of the Purple Knight net. St. Michael's answered resoundingly just 58 seconds later with a tally of their own to keep close at 7-6. Six minutes then slid off the clock before Aiello scored what would prove to be the game winner at the 6:09 mark, giving the Panthers an 8-6 cushion.

The Purple Knights managed to get back within one goal, 8-7 with 1:49 on the clcok and then had a chance down the stretch to pull even, but were stonewalled by Janssen in the Adelphi goal.

St. Michael's sent more shots at goal, 40-25 and collected more ground balls then Adelphi, 44-36, while the Panthers squeaked out an edge in face-offs, 10-9.

With the victory Adelphi breaks the program record for wins in a season with their 14th triumph of the year. The previous record was 13, set when Adelphi won it's first NCAA Division II National Championship in 1979.

Adelphi will play host to #5 Merrimack College at 3:00 pm in the Northeast-10 Championship game in Garden City on Motamed Field.